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Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary biology
  • Genomics
  • Computational biology

Background:

  • The multispecies coalescent model enhances evolutionary inferences and species delimitation.
  • Current Bayesian methods for species delimitation are computationally intensive, limiting their use with genomic data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a computationally tractable and rigorous method for genome-wide species delimitation.
  • To enable accurate comparisons of species delimitation models using Bayes factors.

Main Methods:

  • Combined a dynamic programming algorithm for species tree estimation with methods for marginal likelihood estimation.
  • Developed a correction for comparing likelihoods and marginal likelihoods of different species trees.
  • Tested the Bayes factor delimitation (BFD) method with computer simulations and genome-wide SNP data from West African forest geckos.

Main Results:

  • The BFD method is computationally tractable for genome-wide data.
  • The approach accurately distinguishes the true species delimitation model even with few loci and limited samples.
  • Prior misspecification for population size had minimal impact on model support.

Conclusions:

  • The new Bayesian method provides a rigorous and efficient tool for genome-wide species delimitation.
  • BFD facilitates objective species delimitation with testable model assumptions.
  • This method advances phylogeographic and speciation research using genomic data.